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The Wall Street Journal reports that the Trump administration's effort to supply Russian diesel to the U.S. has not yet produced any new imports, and several tankers changed course after difficulty finding buyers.
Reuters reports Nvidia lost about $430 billion in market value over two sessions as reports renewed questions about CEO Jensen Huang's relationship with a Chinese businesswoman alleged to be a spy for Beijing.
A federal judge ruled Trump's $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC over a misleadingly edited clip can proceed, but dismissed the unfair trade practices claim.
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BNvidia just lost four hundred thirty billion dollars in two days—and it's not a chip problem.
BWhat, did Jensen Huang sneeze?
BReuters posted on X. The selloff follows new questions about a woman linked to him accused of spying for Beijing.
BAlleged. No charge against him, no evidence he knew anything.
BRight, but the market doesn't care about proof. It cares about the question mark.
BFour hundred thirty billion dollars over a question mark? That's not a market, that's a panic.
BIt's a risk repricing. Nvidia's the most valuable chipmaker on Earth.
BOr it's a convenient excuse for big funds to take profit after a massive run.
BCome on. You don't think a spy scandal, if true, changes how Washington treats Nvidia's China business?
BThat's exactly my point—if true. We don't know that.
BNo, I said the market doesn't need certainty. And it doesn't.
BEven a ten percent chance of export restrictions means billions in future revenue at risk.
BRight. The market is pricing what Washington might do next.
BFine, I'll give you that. The selloff shows how much of Nvidia's value is access.
BExactly. That's the real story—not the woman, not the headlines.
BThen why didn't Huang see the optics?
BNow you care about optics?
BFor shareholders, optics are money.
BFair. But the bigger risk is if Congress starts calling hearings.
BIt won't take much, and that's before any evidence comes out.
BExactly.
BDifferent energy story: The Wall Street Journal says the White House tried to bring Russian diesel into the United States.
BWait, they wanted Russian fuel after all the sanctions talk?
BThat's what the Journal's reporting. Several tankers bound for America turned around—no buyers.
BThe market said no before the government had to. That's almost elegant.
BElegant until you ask why the White House was courting Russian diesel in the first place.
BProbably a price play. Russian barrels are cheaper. But the politics are radioactive.
BAnd the sanctions are still on. You have an effort that looks bad and doesn't work.
BMaybe the point was to test the market. Buyers didn't crack.
BOr someone got ahead of the policy. The tankers turned before it became a bigger story.
BEither way, no Russian diesel arrived. That's what sanctions are supposed to do.
BLeave it to the free market to enforce the policy better than the administration.
BCareful, you almost sounded like me.
BDon't get used to it.
BAnd out of Los Angeles tonight: CNN is reporting at least three people are dead after a vehicle hit pedestrians in North Hollywood.
BNear a bus stop, at a food stand. People just waiting, eating.
BThree others were taken to a hospital in critical condition. Cause still unknown.
BThat's the kind of story where the numbers don't capture how random it feels.
BWe'll update as officials confirm more.
BHope the next update is better.
BAnd a legal fight: Reuters says a federal judge is letting President Trump's ten billion dollar defamation suit against the BBC proceed.
BTen billion for a misleading edit? That's not a lawsuit, that's a statement.
BThe judge didn't buy all of it. The unfair trade claim got tossed; defamation survived.
BThe reputation part goes to trial. I get it. But ten billion is fantasy.
BIt's not a real damages estimate. It's meant to make the BBC take it seriously.
BOh come on. You can take someone seriously without asking for the GDP of a small country.
BWould they have apologized to settle a fifty million suit? Maybe not.
BMaybe. But juries hate absurd demands. That number could backfire.
BThat's the point—make them face discovery and see what the edit was.
BFine. Let it go forward. Let's see what the BBC's lawyers do.